Missile Test & U.S. Response to N. Korea

[J. J.]

One alternative might be declaring North Korea a "No Fly Zone."  Anything that goes up comes down, hard.

[J. J.]

One alternative might be declaring North Korea a "No Fly Zone."  Anything that goes up comes down, hard.

It's a good idea, but enforcing it would mean occupying N. Korea-->WAR!

Not necessarily.  You can use "stand off" weapons.  Keep in mind that they are effectively violating foreign airspace when they send a missile over Japan, or worse yet, the US.

Another alternative might be to detonate conventional explosives over North Korea.  Harmless, but more than enough to demonstrate to NK that there is a massive retaliation possibility.  It also has the benefit of letting the peasants see it.  Kim might suddenly fear a mutiny of his armed forces.  This could be coupled with knocking state radio off the air with a more powerful signal.  That's the "stick."  We could offer some "carrots" as well.

[J. J.]

One alternative might be declaring North Korea a "No Fly Zone."  Anything that goes up comes down, hard.

It's a good idea, but enforcing it would mean occupying N. Korea-->WAR!

Not necessarily.  You can use "stand off" weapons.  Keep in mind that they are effectively violating foreign airspace when they send a missile over Japan, or worse yet, the US.

Another alternative might be to detonate conventional explosives over North Korea.  Harmless, but more than enough to demonstrate to NK that there is a massive retaliation possibility.  It also has the benefit of letting the peasants see it.  Kim might suddenly fear a mutiny of his armed forces.  This could be coupled with knocking state radio off the air with a more powerful signal.  That's the "stick."  We could offer some "carrots" as well.

True; however the only way that Kim will back down is if there is a gun pointed at his head.

There are guns and there are guns.

Another possibility is using missile defense weapons.  Problem is, they might not work.  They have had some success, but the don't have a particularly successful track record.

[J. J.]

They just launched the intermediate ICBM.  It looks like it broke up or malfunction.

[J. J.]

Wow, North Korea sure showed the Sea of Japan who is boss.

This might be hard for you grasp, but, if the get it working, it could land in your dorm room.  It won't hit my row house. 

Think about it.

[J. J.]

Kyoto News reporting that a 4th short range missile launched.

[J. J.]

One of the short range missiles was aimed in the general direction of Japan; the other toward Russia.

The NK's might have destroyed the missile because it was heading for its own territory.

[J. J.]

One of the short range missiles was aimed in the general direction of Japan; the other toward Russia.

The NK's might have destroyed the missile because it was heading for its own territory.

Are these people f'ing insane? Do they realize what the Russian retaliation would be if an ICBM hit their territory?

The ones aimed at Russia and Japan were the shorter ranged ones.

The don't understand the rules. 

I actually think this might be an "Actually.  Now that you mention it ...," moment.

[J. J.]

The NK's might have destroyed the missile because it was heading for its own territory.

Huh?

Some missiles have a destruct mode for the early part of the flight; if the launch was bad, it might have been destroyed from the ground.  50 seconds isn't exactly a world record.

BTW, sticky this someone, at least for the next few days.

[J. J.]

Two more, possibly small, launched.  One might have been another TD-2.

[J. J.]

The Sea of Japan had better surrender soon.

Until they get one that works; whose dorm room is it aimed at?

[J. J.]

I'm going to assume that these 2 fighter jets that keep circling over here have nothing to do with this and are part of some 7/4 celebration...

Air trafic was diverted here; I saw some low flying commercial aircraft.  Where is POTUS/VPOTUS at?